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As we leave lord Bute's, the country flill 

 continues flat, cultivated, and inclofed. Scarce 

 a fmgle opening prefents itfelf. We obferved 

 however one fpecies of landfcape, which in fo 

 flat a furface, is fmgular thofe hollows, or 

 dells mentioned in the general view of the 

 foreft*, running acrofs it to the fea. They have 

 not indeed the confequence of mountain-dells ; 

 yet fome of them afford pleafmg fcenery. The 

 moft remarkable are thofe of Chuton, Afhley, 

 and EfFord. Through each of thefe runs a little 

 rivulet, which the traveller, ignorant of the 

 country, will fometimes be furprized to fee 

 fwoln to an extraordinary fize, without any ap- 

 parent caufe. The cafe is, they communicate 

 with the fea, at a very little diftance; but 

 being totally fcreened from it, and flickered 

 by wood on eveiy fide, they have the appear- 

 ance of inland brooks, tho in facl they are 

 under the influence of a tide. 



The cliff, on which lord Bute's houfe 

 ftands, runs two, or three miles along the 

 coaft towards Lymington; and is known by 



* See page 52. 



the 



